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The ring is on my hand, And the wreath is on my brow;Satin and jewels grandAre all at my command, And I am happy now.

And my lord he loves me well; But, when first he breathed his vow,I felt my bosom swell-For the words rang as a knell,And the voice seemed his who fellIn the battle down the dell, And who is happy now.

But he spoke to re-assure me, And he kissed my pallid brow,While a reverie came o'er me,And to the church-yard bore me,And I sighed to him before me,Thinking him dead D'Elormie,"Oh, I am happy now!"

And thus the words were spoken, And this the plighted vow,And, though my faith be broken,And, though my heart be broken,Here is a ring, as token That I am happy now!

Would God I could awaken! For I dream I know not how!And my soul is sorely shakenLest an evil step be taken,-Lest the dead who is forsaken May not be happy now.

Bridal Ballad is currently in the Public Domain. This text can now be legally distributed as the work was published before 1923 and the author died in 1849 therefore the 70 year extension has expired.